#I hâte u for this actually lile

[babygirlmickey]

tonight i am thinking A LOT about how ian and mickey's opinions on marriage flipped in between season 3 and 10. ian saw marriage as something that should be done out of love, not necessity. but after seeing how mickey and svetlana were forced together, fiona's failed marriage and being left at the alter, and realizing just how much frank enabled monica's BD, he gave up. marriage meant nothing. it was just legal jargon that made people feel obligated to make shitty relationships work. relationships should be about what you DO, not how you categorize it. being called spouses meant nothing if you didnt have the love and trust to back it up. even then, is it really that important to be married if the relationship is perfectly fine as it is?

and then mickey. my sweet, sweet babygirl mickey. marriage didnt mean shit to him before. but being with svetlana, someone who expected him to act like a husband? he realized how much fucking EFFORT it requires. to be legally, financially, and socially bound to someone. everything one person does effects the other. when ian first proposed, mickey was wary because he wanted to do marriage right the second time around. he wasnt about to half-ass anything, especially if it involved ian. maybe he was even scared of marriage; because it meant so much to him. what if ian changed his mind in a few years and he'd be left, twice divorced, back at square one? he wanted more time to settle down after prison, but then stupid ian proposed and got the idea in his head and he realized just how much he yearned for ian to be his - entirely and eternally - and for himself to be ian's. he wanted that ring and certificate as physical manifestations of their love. thats why he lashed out so harshly after the courthouse scene 🫶

Thanks im fucking distraught